Corinth Coin: 1930 54
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1930 54
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Imitative Follis of Anonymous Series B, Uncertain Mint (AD 1090)
Year:   1930
Coin Number:   54
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   Follis
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   Anonymous Series B
Comments:   Imitative
Obverse Legend:   No legend; [IC-XC].
Obverse Type:   Christ bust, facing, cr.-nimbus w. 5 pellets in each arm; r.hand raised in blessing within sling; l.hand holds book.
Reverse Legend:   [I]S-X[S] / [bA]S-ILE / [bA]S-ILE, within corners of cross.
Reverse Type:   Cross on base [and two steps], [upper arms end in pellets.]
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.18
Weight:   3.18
Diameter:   24
Chronology:   AD 1090
Findspot Description:   North of Temple
Excavation Date: 03/31/1930, #5-10
Notebook 109 (de Waele), p.67, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. DOC: 11th c. imitation, ca. 1090.
Reference:   DOC III, p.680.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2010 0482
Image: digital 2010 0483
Image: digital 2010 0484
Notebook Page: NB 553, spread 88 (pp. 165 - 166)